[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6334-6335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3695]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 157

[CGD 91-045]
RIN 2115-AF27


Structural Measures To Reduce Oil Spills From Existing Tank 
Vessels Without Double Hulls

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is holding a public meeting on its proposed 
regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) relating to 
structural measures for certain existing tank vessels of 5,000 gross 
tons or more that do not have double hulls. There is substantial public 
interest in the rulemaking. The Coast Guard also is extending the 
comment period an additional 14 days beyond the original 90 day comment 
period.

DATES: The meeting will be held March 19, 1996, and will begin at 9:00 
a.m. Comments must be received on or before April 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in room 4436-38 and 4436-40, 
Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Written comments may be mailed to the Executive 
Secretary, Marine Safety Council (G-LRA/3406) (CGD 91-045), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20593-0001 
or may be delivered to room 3406 at the above address between 8 a.m. 
and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is (202) 267-1477.
    The Executive Secretary maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection or copying at room 3406, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters. Upon the request of the Department of Transportation, a 
new Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) has been assigned to the 
structural portion of this rulemaking. The former RIN was 2115-AE01.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Suzanne Englebert, Project 
Manager, Standards and Evaluation and Development Division, at (202) 
267-6490. This number is equipped to record messages on a 24-hour 
basis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplemental notice of proposed 
rulemaking (SNPRM) (60 FR 67226), 

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published on December 28, 1995, represents part of the Coast Guard's 
three-step effort to establish structural and operational measures that 
are economically and technologically feasible for reducing the threat 
of oil spills from tank vessels without double hulls, as required by 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). It analyzes a number of 
measures and describes the results of extensive cost and benefit 
research on those measures deemed technologically feasible.
    As stated in the SNPRM, the Coast Guard will hold a public meeting 
on March 19, 1996. The public is invited to comment on the 
technological and economic feasibility of structural measures analyzed 
in the SNPRM. The public meeting will also enable the public to receive 
clarification on the regulatory assessment as published in the SNPRM, 
if needed.
    Attendance is open to the public. With advance notice, and as time 
permits, members of the public may make oral presentations during the 
meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify the 
person listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than 
the day before the meeting. Written material may be submitted prior to, 
during, or after the meeting.
    The Coast Guard finds that extending the comment period is 
appropriate in conjunction with holding a public meeting. Persons 
unable to attend the public meeting are encouraged to submit written 
comments. The comment period is extended until April 10, 1996.

    Dated: February 13, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director for Standards, Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-3695 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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